Helping manufacturers to automate shop floor activities: Cantier Systems Pte. Ltd.

Material requirements planning (MRP) systems are often in conflicts with the dynamics of the manufacturing floor because of the priorities of executing the manufacturing orders generated by an MRP system. This is totally common for a given manufacturing order to reach the shop floor every now and then or longer after being opened by an MRP system where it may face a topsy-turvy case of huge queues, machine down-time, parts shortage, scrap problems and other resource management constraints.

To deal with the issues, many companies have approached a new system called Manufacturing Execution System (MES) as a solution. The method gained its first popularity in mid-90’s within the semiconductor industry. MES is an approach to on-line, real-time data gathering, analysis and storage to assist in short-interval scheduling manufacturing operations with an importance on revising scheduling priorities. MES is essentially an information system tool for the shop floor and if designed properly, it may be used as an advisory system for effective decision-making.

Founded in 2011, Cantier Systems with its MES Software helps Manufacturers to survive the ever increasing stake holder expectations, now and in the future. The Cantier MES software is a smart manufacturing-ready solution collecting and analyzing data from IoT-enabled devices providing real-time and accurate information leading to data-driven decisions.

Cantier MES for smart manufacturing

With head office in Singapore, Cantier provides Industry 4.0 aligned MES Software (Manufacturing Execution System) to their customers in Asia Pacific.

Cantier MES is a SMART Manufacturing-ready Solution that uses IIoT to improve Traceability, Visibility, Quality and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of the Manufacturing Shop-Floor. This provides real-time and accurate information leading to data-driven decisions. The Key Modules of MES include Product Configuration, Factory Planning, WIP Traceability, Equipment Maintenance, SPC, Data Collection, Document Control (DCC) and Supply Chain Management. The Industry specific, Configurable Manufacturing Solutions are readily available for industries such as Semiconductor, Electronics, Automotive, Metal Precision & Fabrication, Food, Sugar & Ethanol and Modular Construction Industries.

There are many software companies who offer modern MES applications but either all are too costly or not equipped with all Shop floor functions. Therefore, companies are left with the dilemma of limping along with old, poorly supported software tools and paper based manual systems.

Cantier MES provides a cost effective, state of the art, and fully integrated MES software suite. This suite provides manufacturers total control over their dynamic shop floor environment.

The odyssey of Cantier

Every startup business is always at a risk. Not even the big entrepreneurs could have avoided certain challenges that their growing business had faced at its infant stage. So it’s better to be prepared for everything that is going to come in the company’s way to growth.

With the strong vision, Prabakar P. Selvam has started the company without any Investors. To compete against some of the giants like Siemens, Yokogawa, Honeywell,

CAMSTAR, etc. who were already in the field of MES was not an easy job for Cantier. However, as a part of the strategy, with the Services revenue, Cantier was able to overcome the financial hurdles, and successfully developed Cantier MES Software.

In the past years, the company was too aggressive in its expansion directly using its own resources. As it required more resources, Cantier decided to expand through Channel Partners. This learning really helped the company to craft its future roadmap with immense amount of confidence. Being a start-up, Cantier’s focus is always on its strength and the company is agile to relevant market it serves.

The consistent growth

Cantier System’s Mission has always been to provide integrated web-based Manufacturing Software for Manufactures at a Reasonable Cost. And today, the company positions itself to provide Industry 4.0 aligned MES Software and Solutions towards SMART Manufacturing.

Focusing more in Manufacturing Industry by providing an industry specific software suite to minimize customizations and reduce cost of implementation, the company is now able to successfully manage and deploy its MES Software 10 times lower cost than the competitors. Cantier continues to evolve to even support the latest SMART Manufacturing Initiatives using its Software.

Unlike its competitors of MES Software in the market, Cantier MES subsume not only the core MES functions but also the functions like Factory Planning & Scheduling, Supply Chain Management and Equipment Automation Capabilities towards SMART Manufacturing. This approach of Cantier MES sets it apart from its competitors.

Today, Cantier Systems Pte. Ltd. works with some of the giants of manufacturing industry and the list goes like - Texas Instruments, Cypress, IONICS, Allegro Microsystems, Mitsubishi, Shin-Etsu, Toshiba, Hitachi Cables, Hewtech, SUNPOWER & AG&P. 

Making it simple: Cantier MES

Cantier deployed its MES Software in electronics customers to improve their traceability, quality and equipment maintenance. With the quality data collection from measurement devices, when there will be out-of-control or out-of-Specs, the system provides notifications and if needed it even stops the equipment to avoid poor quality outputs.

With its automotive customers, the company helped them to manage their businesses from supply chain to production as a single manufacturing suite. Cantier MES manages their Order to delivery, Supply to Payment and Plan to Perform functions to manage their business from shop floor to top floor.

The Software is easy to use, simple and goes exactly with the tagline “Making it Simple”. Cantier MES is becoming one the best Manufacturing Execution System and its popularity is skyrocketing.

Knowing the key executive

Prabakar P. Selvam is the Founder & CEO of Cantier Systems. Having 20 years of profound experience in Information Technology, he has lead two software companies serving the manufacturing industries such as Semiconductor, Electronics, Automotive, Food Processing, Modular Construction, Sugar and Bio-Energy. Mr. Selvam is a charter member of MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solution Association) APAC board. Earned Masters in Computer Application (MCA) at Bharathidasan University, INDIA.

“Smart manufacturing is top most business concern now. Those who embrace smart manufacturing are true winners.”